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Here is the youtube video from NEWT, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvIiXqukFuA. Here is the Facebook post where I pose a few questions… Recycling/treating oil & gas wastewater/brine using solar panels begs yet another question… “Why do they need the energy from solar panels when … Continue reading →

I see a loophole NOT yet exercised in transporting this waste currently being exempted from being called “hazardous” which may NOT be EXEMPT if exceeding the USdot thresholds for TENORM. This is where I am gifting you (Arlington Mayor and … Continue reading →

Can’t get enough info on the North Texas History of FRACKING? Info is power and however shameful I find this info…it is important to garner it as we are into 35 years of the UNconventional process that took climate change … Continue reading →

Texas RRC Statewide Rule 14 provides (see state law and video here) for the plugging of abandoned wells in certain cases (like if the driller cannot afford to do so). BUT WAIT!…This June 19 2016 article says the states don’t have … Continue reading →

UPDATE 5/6/16 GOING FRACKING BLIND? Diabetes and Acrylamide DON’T mix well! Take Vitamin E & Selenium to try to counteract the oxidation stresses. I blogged earlier about cataracts in the shale…God help us SEE the light of UNfracked days. If … Continue reading →

“This makes me see that giving a pass, fail, or N/A answer to these questions on our CITY GASWELL INSPECTIONS is like “giving a visual inspection to a vagina to see if passes the sniff test for AIDS” based on Collin’s first response … Continue reading →

Benzene is in ALL the phases of Natural Gas Extraction. And so its no surprise that babies are found to have higher birth defects near drilling too. Click here to see that the City of Arlington has MSDS sheets for Benzene … Continue reading →

At the corner of Collins and Division (our busiest intersection in Arlington) what stands at the Entertainment District and connects to our Downtown area is a lovely drill site tucked away behind a fence…that no one wants to develop the … Continue reading →

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10 steps to Safer Drilling

I live at ground zero for urban drilling.
We have about 60 padsites in our 99 sq mile town here in Arlington TX.

Our state and local governement will not enforce these two laws....
1) TEX LG. CODE ANN. A§ 253.005 : Texas Statutes – Section 253.005: LEASE OF OIL, GAS, OR MINERAL LAND
“(c) A well may not be drilled in the thickly settled part of the municipality..”

No person shall discharge from any source whatsoever one or more
air contaminants or combinations thereof, in such concentration and
of such duration as are or may tend to be injurious to or to adversely
affect human health or welfare, animal life, vegetation, or property, or
as to interfere with the normal use and enjoyment of animal life, vegetation, or property.
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We had a drill spill in Lake Arlington, our drinking source, a couple of years ago. We also have about 100 drilling laterals under our lake that are at migration risk for seismic events and or cement failures.

We have had maybe a dozen gas release emission events over the last few years that I am aware of.

The following are the items lacking in our URBAN oil and gas drilling ordinance….................

1. Use electric rigs & and use nondiesel compressors and fracking and lift compressors and compressor stations (but do not use field DIRTY GAS). Blowdowns of compressors whose excess goes to the storage tanks should have Vapor Recovery Systems rather than venting.

8. The setback away from people should be substantial. Rural method drilling is not acceptable in urban areas. An environmental tester who has a Phd said that the health effects are being seen downwind from about 1,800 – 2,500 feet. Local and state gov. need to test for methane leaks with FLIR cameras.

Lets elect officials that will ensure a protective Oil & Gas Drilling oversight. This is in our “collective” power so we must all become active to be proactive because reactive measures are too costly.